Daegu mayor meets with President Yoon, suggests he will recommend new prime minister and chief of staff (South Korea)

In South Korea, the prime minister and the chief of staff of the presidential office announced their resignations in response to the ruling party's crushing defeat in the general election, while it was reported that Daegu Mayor Hong Jun-pyo had recommended a new candidate.
According to a source in the Korean political world on the 18th, President Yoon had dinner with Mayor Hong at the presidential residence in Hannam-dong, Seoul on the 16th of last month, and discussed the basic policy of the national government and the direction of personnel affairs.
During the four-hour dinner, President Yoon and Mayor Hong had a frank exchange of views on the political situation following the general election defeat and future measures, according to the Korean media Herald Business Daily.
Mayor Hong said, "We need to work together to overcome these difficult times. The secretariat and the cabinet should be quickly reorganized."
He added, "The chief of staff to the president needs to be someone who has political skills and is loyal. The ideal prime minister should be someone who is unambitious and can communicate with the opposition."
He also recommended Kim Han-gil, chairman of the National Unity Committee, as prime minister to lead the cabinet, and Chang Jae-won, a key pro-Yoon lawmaker, as chief of staff to serve as the president's closest aide.
Mayor Hong has denied rumors in the political world that he is a candidate for the prime ministerial position, saying, "It is not my turn now. I did not come to Daegu to become prime minister."
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